Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s Daughter Apple Wears Valentino Dress That Took 750 Hours to Make for Le Bal Debut

Mar. 15, 2025

Gwyneth Paltrow; Apple Martin; Chris Martin.Photo:Getty(3)

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Apple Martinis entering her debutante era.

The 20-year-old daughter ofGwyneth PaltrowandChris MartinattendedLe Bal des Débutanteson Saturday, Nov. 30, wearing a custom Valentino gown, whichVoguereports took Valentino Creative DirectorAlessandro Michele’s atelier 750 hours to make.

The annual fashion event introduces about 20 women between the ages of 16 and 22 into society — withLily CollinsandMargaret Qualleyamong the women who have debuted at Le Bal in recent years.

Apple’s strapless blue Valentino gown was “fashioned in six dégradé tiers of silk plissé chiffon, cinched at the waist with a black silk bow” and paired with matching blue Valentino sandals, perVogue.

Apple’s parents andbrother, Mosesall wore Valentino outfits to the event to support her. Gwyneth, 52, donned a gown from Valentino’s spring 2025 collection while Chris, 47, and Moses, 18, wore custom Valentino tuxedos.

Gwyneth shared her maternal pride, posting color and black-and-white photos of Apple in Michele’s creation on her Instagram Stories.

“My beautiful daughter in @maisonvalentino,” Gwyneth wrote.

Gwyneth Paltrow and daughter Apple Martin.Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram

Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram

Apple has shown an interest in fashion from an early age, making her first appearance on the fashion scene at 18 during Paris Fashion Week in 2023, when she sported a black-and-white dress-and-blazer ensemble from Chanel.

Fashion journalistDerek Blasbergonce said that late Chanel designerKarl Lagerfeldpredicted Apple would be a “Chanel girl” when she was just 4.

However, the college student doesn’t consider herself “super trendy.”

“I love sweaters and oversized cardigans, loafers, and a good pair of comfy Levis,” Apple toldVoguein 2023. “The most important thing for me is feeling like my genuine self when wearing an outfit; I’m aiming for a mix of classic ’90s and cool grandpa.”

When reflecting on her outfit at Paris Fashion Week that year, she said, “My favorite part of the look was the combination of the loafers and the minidress. It’s something that felt very true to my own style.”

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When Apple isn’t in school, she’s occasionally assisting her mom with her lifestyle brandGoop. Shemodeled a dressfrom the brand back in 2020, and in 2021, she appeared in the campaign for GOOPGLOW Glow Lotion, which she alsohelped develop.

“It’s so fun to have a daughter that age, especially because she’s into clothes and skin and all that kind of stuff,” Gwyneth said of her daughter during a 2023 interview withBustle. “She’s more girly than I am. She’s really good at doing makeup and loves to do it.”

“She’s such an eminently nice person, and her values are in the right place,” theShakespeare in Loveactress said.

source: people.com